importableadj.¹

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɔːtəbl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɔrdəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s inportable, late Middle English–1500s ymportable, late Middle English–1700s (1900s– archaic) importable; Scottish pre-1700 importabil, pre-1700 importabill, pre-1700 importable, pre-1700 importabyll.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French importable; Latin importabilis.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French importable unbearable, unendurable (end of the 13th cent. in Old French; French importable ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin importabilis (also inportabilis) unbearable, insupportable (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), too heavy to be carried (4th cent.) < classical Latin im- im- prefix² + portābilis portable adj.Compare Italian importabile (a1320). With the form inportable compare in- prefix⁴. Apparently either re-formed or revived in the 20th cent.

Now archaic and rare.

Insupportable, unbearable, unendurable; (literal) too heavy or bulky to be carried (chiefly in figurative contexts).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [adjective]

untholelyc1225

untholinga1300

unsufferablea1325

untolerablea1382

importable1402

untholefula1425

unbearablec1449

unportablea1500

impassible1508

intolerablea1513

insupportable1530

insufferable1533

incomportable1574

impatient1590

intollerous1594

unsuffered1598

supportless1602

unsupportable1602

indurable1607

impatible1623

unbrookable1633

unsustainable1662

unendurable1801

impassive1828

punishing1833

thick1884

1402 T. Hoccleve Lepistre Cupide (Huntington) l. 26 in Minor Poems (1970) ii. 294 They seyn so importable is hir penance, Þat, but hir lady list to shewe hem grace, They right anoon moot steruen.

1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 61 (MED) Which is to the importable chardges of your leidges & perpetuall destruction of them yf they be not gratiously succored & releved by your gratious lordshipp.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6902 They wolde bynde on folk al wey..Burdons that ben importable.

1475 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 388 Many grete and importable charges and expensis.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlv. 544 In all my lyfe I haue had but sorow, and heuynes, and dolours inportables.

?1556 J. Bradford Copye Let. to Erles sig. C.vii I could write of the nature of Spaniardes: A volume importable.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1412/2 Vnder the importable yoke of the detestable inquisition of Spaine.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 49 Mony importabill injuries and wrangis done to thame.

a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) III. 662 The poorer sort could not bear the importable scafferie intended.

1760 Public Ledger 27 Sept. We had published it..before even his clumsy and importable Edition ever made its slow Appearance.

a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (1975) i. iv. 80 It was importable to picture Richard's humiliation.

Derivatives

† importableness n. Obsolete the quality of being insupportable or unendurable; unbearableness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [noun]

intolerableness1579

insupportablenessa1586

insufferableness1592

intolerability1598

unsufferableness1611

unsupportableness1672

importableness1677

unbearableness1730

unendurability1858

unendurableness1894

1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 199 Though the Yoke be the same, yet it finds no such severity and importableness in it.

1687 W. Leonard Fourth Pt. Rep. Cases of Law 46 The Obligor is not bound to seek the Obligee in what place soever as it is in Case of payment of mony, for that the importableness therefore shall excuse him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

importableadj.²

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɔːtəbl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɔrdəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: import v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < import v. + -able suffix.

1. That can be brought in or introduced from another place, source, or context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of being introduced

importable1533

introducible1672

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. ii^v Than is not the losse and damage vnto the spyrytualtye alone, but harme is importable vnto the whole realme.

1755 Monthly Rev. Feb. 136 Our two modern advocates for the plague's not being importable.

1814 S. T. Coleridge in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) I. 297 An attempt to import whatever is importable of either or of both into our own language.

1860 Trans. National Assoc. Promotion Social Sci. 1859 608 The disease [sc. cholera], when occurring only in sporadic and occasional cases, is certainly not importable by intercourse.

1946 Clearing House 20 305/2 The idea that Springfield had a plan which was a set, fixed pattern, importable anywhere.

2012 C. Grover Flash CS6 x. 352 You may notice that the list of importable file formats is actually shorter than it used to be.

2. spec. Of a commodity, merchandise, goods, etc.: that can be imported from another country or territory for use or resale in the domestic market.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [adjective] > importing > imported > that may be

enterable1725

importable1753

a1640 L. Roberts Treasure of Traffike (1641) Table sig. P^v Certaine limitations upon commodities importable.

1672 Acct. Design buying up Wooll of Ireland 3 Spanish Wooll being thither Importable, as well as into England Duty-free.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxvi. 228 It is importable only under oath of being for private use.

1768 T. Nugent Trav. Germany I. ii. 50 Goods which, by our laws, are not importable in foreign bottoms.

1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 195 Rum is only importable in casks of not less than 60 gallons.

1885 Times 20 Mar. 5/3 These boxes had but a top layer of importable goods, being filled below with books and pamphlets prohibited in Austria-Hungary.

1919 A. C. Whitaker Foreign Exchange xxi. 621 Many things formerly importable from England will cease to be importable.

2007 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 67 583 A tariff increases the domestic price of importable goods relative to exportable goods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	importable
释义	importableadj.¹ Brit. /ɪmˈpɔːtəbl/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɔrdəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s inportable, late Middle English–1500s ymportable, late Middle English–1700s (1900s– archaic) importable; Scottish pre-1700 importabil, pre-1700 importabill, pre-1700 importable, pre-1700 importabyll. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French importable; Latin importabilis. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French importable unbearable, unendurable (end of the 13th cent. in Old French; French importable ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin importabilis (also inportabilis) unbearable, insupportable (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), too heavy to be carried (4th cent.) < classical Latin im- im- prefix² + portābilis portable adj.Compare Italian importabile (a1320). With the form inportable compare in- prefix⁴. Apparently either re-formed or revived in the 20th cent. Now archaic and rare. Insupportable, unbearable, unendurable; (literal) too heavy or bulky to be carried (chiefly in figurative contexts). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [adjective] untholelyc1225 untholinga1300 unsufferablea1325 untolerablea1382 importable1402 untholefula1425 unbearablec1449 unportablea1500 impassible1508 intolerablea1513 insupportable1530 insufferable1533 incomportable1574 impatient1590 intollerous1594 unsuffered1598 supportless1602 unsupportable1602 indurable1607 impatible1623 unbrookable1633 unsustainable1662 unendurable1801 impassive1828 punishing1833 thick1884 1402 T. Hoccleve Lepistre Cupide (Huntington) l. 26 in Minor Poems (1970) ii. 294 They seyn so importable is hir penance, Þat, but hir lady list to shewe hem grace, They right anoon moot steruen. 1417 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 61 (MED) Which is to the importable chardges of your leidges & perpetuall destruction of them yf they be not gratiously succored & releved by your gratious lordshipp. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6902 They wolde bynde on folk al wey..Burdons that ben importable. 1475 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 388 Many grete and importable charges and expensis. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlv. 544 In all my lyfe I haue had but sorow, and heuynes, and dolours inportables. ?1556 J. Bradford Copye Let. to Erles sig. C.vii I could write of the nature of Spaniardes: A volume importable. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1412/2 Vnder the importable yoke of the detestable inquisition of Spaine. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 49 Mony importabill injuries and wrangis done to thame. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) III. 662 The poorer sort could not bear the importable scafferie intended. 1760 Public Ledger 27 Sept. We had published it..before even his clumsy and importable Edition ever made its slow Appearance. a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (1975) i. iv. 80 It was importable to picture Richard's humiliation. Derivatives † importableness n. Obsolete the quality of being insupportable or unendurable; unbearableness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [noun] intolerableness1579 insupportablenessa1586 insufferableness1592 intolerability1598 unsufferableness1611 unsupportableness1672 importableness1677 unbearableness1730 unendurability1858 unendurableness1894 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 199 Though the Yoke be the same, yet it finds no such severity and importableness in it. 1687 W. Leonard Fourth Pt. Rep. Cases of Law 46 The Obligor is not bound to seek the Obligee in what place soever as it is in Case of payment of mony, for that the importableness therefore shall excuse him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). importableadj.² Brit. /ɪmˈpɔːtəbl/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɔrdəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: import v., -able suffix. Etymology: < import v. + -able suffix. 1. That can be brought in or introduced from another place, source, or context. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] > capable of being introduced importable1533 introducible1672 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. ii^v Than is not the losse and damage vnto the spyrytualtye alone, but harme is importable vnto the whole realme. 1755 Monthly Rev. Feb. 136 Our two modern advocates for the plague's not being importable. 1814 S. T. Coleridge in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) I. 297 An attempt to import whatever is importable of either or of both into our own language. 1860 Trans. National Assoc. Promotion Social Sci. 1859 608 The disease [sc. cholera], when occurring only in sporadic and occasional cases, is certainly not importable by intercourse. 1946 Clearing House 20 305/2 The idea that Springfield had a plan which was a set, fixed pattern, importable anywhere. 2012 C. Grover Flash CS6 x. 352 You may notice that the list of importable file formats is actually shorter than it used to be. 2. spec. Of a commodity, merchandise, goods, etc.: that can be imported from another country or territory for use or resale in the domestic market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [adjective] > importing > imported > that may be enterable1725 importable1753 a1640 L. Roberts Treasure of Traffike (1641) Table sig. P^v Certaine limitations upon commodities importable. 1672 Acct. Design buying up Wooll of Ireland 3 Spanish Wooll being thither Importable, as well as into England Duty-free. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxvi. 228 It is importable only under oath of being for private use. 1768 T. Nugent Trav. Germany I. ii. 50 Goods which, by our laws, are not importable in foreign bottoms. 1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 195 Rum is only importable in casks of not less than 60 gallons. 1885 Times 20 Mar. 5/3 These boxes had but a top layer of importable goods, being filled below with books and pamphlets prohibited in Austria-Hungary. 1919 A. C. Whitaker Foreign Exchange xxi. 621 Many things formerly importable from England will cease to be importable. 2007 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 67 583 A tariff increases the domestic price of importable goods relative to exportable goods. 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